In my imagination we were on a road trip in the mountains and I kept seeing road signs to the nearest casino. The closer we got the more I thought about stopping to check it out.
Around the next turn of the highway we saw smoke. The forest was on fire off to the right and through the smoke we could see the casino sign on the edge of a dome shaped building. Flames were approaching and it was clear we wouldn't be stopping there.
Here are the steps I used to create the painting instead of heading to the real casino not far from my house.
Taking a 12 X 12 sheet of acid free card stock embossed with evergreens I drew a dome on it using a cut off part of a paper plate. I penciled in a sign going up the side of the windowless building.
Using some acrylic paints I painted flames in the foreground. I needed some sky so I just outlined the trees on top with blue paint.
Crayons, red, yellow, white and black were grated over areas I wanted covered with smoke. Using my iron on top of wax paper I heated it until I could see the crayons melting. Pulling off the paper bottom to top, I was not happy with the first attempt. I simply applied more gratings and used a second sheet of wax paper on top, heating everything again.
After I photographed each step I realized some shots( before crayons) were blurred because I did not hold the camera still. I might actually like the photograph below better.
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